Colour

#00249B

#00249B
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Navy

#00249B is a blue with RGB values 0, 36, 155 and HSL 226°, 100%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#00249B#00249B

HEX#00249B

RGBrgb(0, 36, 155)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1412, 0.6078

RGB percentages0%, 14.1%, 60.8%

HSLhsl(226.1, 100%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(226.1, 100%, 60.8%)

CMYK100%, 76.8%, 0%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,371

CSS custom property--colour: #00249B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03628WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness59.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.17:1

Contrast with white12.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#252525

Inverted#FFDB64

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003D9Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#002E99no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00485Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 12.5 Dark blue · ΔE 13.7 Indigo · ΔE 17.7 Midnight blue · ΔE 19.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.7 Slate blue · ΔE 24.6

Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 12.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#9B7700

Analogous#00729B, #29009B

Triadic#9B0024, #249B00

Split complementary#9B2900, #719B00

Tetradic#9B0072, #9B7700, #009B29

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#688BFF

Lighter +30%#3564FF

Lighter +20%#023DFF

Lighter +10%#0030CE

Darker −10%#001868

Darker −20%#000C35

Darker −30%#000002

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00249B

Less saturated −25%#132E88

Channel breakdown

G36

B155

Red0 (0%)

Green36 (14.1%)

Blue155 (60.8%)

Hue226.06°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness30.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 24 · B 9B

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